Connect IQ | Garmin Code Builder

####Build script for building and deploying ConnectIQ apps from Visual Studio Code. ######Can be adapted for other IDE's also

I was tired of using Eclipse to build my ConnectIQ apps

I decided to experiment a bit. ~~Naming the extensions of the .mc files to .cs fools the IDE into thinking the file is a C# file (would work with .java as well) See [what I mean here](example app layout/src/source/WatchApp.mc.cs) it hilights on github too.~~ I was able to locate the plugin (C:\Users{{your computer user}}\AppData\Local\Code\app-0.1.0\resources\app\plugins) directory for Visual Studio Code and copy the C# plugin to create a new Monkey plugin and add .mc and .md so now I have the beginings of native support without the need to rename. Next I wanted to build and deploy from within Visual Studio Code so I went about looking for a way. The debugging section will serve my purposes nicely as it will allow execution of a nodejs script and node has nice io functions.

The following is a new project structure, a sample app, and 2 methods of building.

• Deploy to your device.
• Launch in simulator.

Show and Tell

####Feature Animation ####Viewing ConnectIQ files along side images ####Viewing ConnectIQ files along side javascript files ####XML hilighting ####Build steps ####Config section of build script ####Debugging the deployment/simulator/build ####With GIT support ####Console output

Instructions

First off, drop the plugin into:

C:\Users\[YOUR USER]\AppData\Local\Code\app-0.1.0\resources\app\plugins\

The build.js file along with the package.json file needs to live in ["your project folder/build/"](example app layout/build)

Navigate to "your project folder/build/" and do an npm install

Your watch app needs to live in ["your project folder/src/"](example app layout/src)

To see this in action:

• Load up this entire repo inside Visual Studio Code via the "Open folder" menu option.
• Navigate to the debug menu on the left bottom of the toolbar.
• Select either deploy or simulator from the debug selector at the top.
• Click the green play button.

Execution will stop at the top of your build script.

• You can either step through the steps from here
• or
• Add a breakpoint here and hit play to run through to completion.

This breakpoint will allow you to view the console window and the results of the build.

###Note: There is no intellisense yet, but I'm sure that's coming soon. I might try to adapt this to sublime and add code completion.